[jda]

We're already hearing thoughts on what the GOP needs to do to win again. Some of that advice is coming from the left, who gave us plenty of advice during this election and, unfortunately, too much of that advice was followed. Some of their advice has been and is: don't go negative (even though scorched-earth is all they can do when they have no record upon which to run), be more inclusive (although we are more inclusive of women and non-whites than they are), accept climate change (even though there is no scientific evidence that it is man-made), etc. But think about it, why would they give us advice to actually help us win? Conservatives need to shape the conservative agenda. And, remember, Christian conservatives founded this country. So, compared to them, who are the REAL extremists???

For the record, I'm not a politician, but I am an evangelical Christian conservative, a family man with a wife of 41 years, children and grandchildren, I stay informed, and I vote. On that basis, I offer the following free and sincere principles regarding what conservatives need to do to ever have a chance of winning again.

- Don't take advice from liberals - in fact, it would be a good start to do the exact opposite from what they advise us to do.
- Stay true to our conservative values - if in doubt, consult the Bible and our Founders.
- Point out the facts about the opponent - not in a mean-spirited or personal attack manner, just the objective facts.
- Shape the rhetoric, don't play defense all the time - you have to score to win.

If we can focus on and be true to these principles, we might generate interest from the all-too-silent majority - evangelicals and true conservatives and they might turn out to vote. In addition, we might just get the attention of evangelical, true conservative Hispanics and blacks.

If we don't hold true to these values, and especially if we continue to follow the advice of liberals, the difference between liberals and conservatives will become even more blurred, so the majority of the electorate will continue to vote for those who offer them the most freebies.

[Tymesup]

Tactically, we need to concentrate our fire when the opposition screws up.

Akin and Mourdock utter unfortunate phrases, the whole country hears about it and generalizes to Republicans. How many times did Americans hear about 47% and Bain Capital?

Was there a concerted effort to expose Benghazi? 46 million on food stamps? 57 states? Solyndra? War Powers Act?

Democrats screw up constantly. It works in their favor because we divide our fire at multiple targets. Anthony Weiner went down because he didn’t screw up enough. Bill Clinton is a bleeping hero because he beat back all of our feeble attacks on multiple targets.

I don’t know how we coordinate this, but we need to pick one target and hammer it until it’s in tatters. Then we move onto the next one.

[Nea Wood]

What Republicans need to do to win again:

Start deporting illegals.
Build the fence.
Punish employers who hire illegals.
No more anchor babies.
No more welfare, food stamps, etc., for illegals.
A moratorium on legal immigration.
Conservatives start having more babies.

Then, in 20 years or so, we can get elected again. But we all know none of this is going to happen, ever. There’s been so much immigration in the past 30 years, we are getting outnumbered and cannot “offend” them.

So...it’s over.

[jocon307]

I’ll tell you what we need to do - we need to sling mud by the bucketful.

We don’t know who the Dem nominee will be in 2016 but I say today that he/she is a pedophile who never payed taxes and beat his/her spouse many times, almost to death; he/she is a drunkard and a coke head; he/she is on the pipe and hates puppies and kittys; an atheist, certainly a communist, and beyond all doubt a homosexual, and in a bad way, not a charming one; he/she is a thief, a liar and a fake, phony fraud.

If we sling mud and destroy the MSM and stop all immigration we might win, but I don’t see it happening and today I really think our country is dead.